James Orengo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4191 to 4200 of 4273.

• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot intervene because I would not want to undermine the authority of the court. The parties have chosen the court as the appropriate forum for settling the dispute. They have not come to the Ministry to resolve the dispute. In any case, what is in dispute is the ownership of the land and who the directors are. If that is not resolved by the court, if we have two parallel processes, we will end up in a legal log jam. Whereas I respect what Mr. Imanyara is saying, I almost think that it is better to ... view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member is being unfair to me. The report may be there for record purposes but, at the end of the day, if the parties have gone to court, I cannot enter into the dispute without being invited either as an arbiter or as a party to the dispute. Let us await for the decision of the court. If they think that the court has taken 38 years to determine the case, they can withdraw the case and come to us. view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Land Parcel No. Subukia Block 13/1584, (KIANWE) previously held in the name of County Council of Nakuru, has been transferred to a private developer by the said council. Since it is the County Council of Nakuru that effected the transfer, I am unable to take any action. view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, my hands are tied by the Local Government Act which states that every local authority is a legal entity. They have a right to own, transfer and deal with property as they deem appropriate. I am also aware that no local authority can dispose of any interest that they have on any asset without the consent of the Minister for Local Government. I am trying to liaise with the Minister for Local Government to ensure that before we can transfer any property of any local authority, that particular local authority provides evidence that the Minister has ... view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think we already have a standing rule in the Ministry, that any public land which is not available for alienation cannot be transferred or sold, if it is a road reserve or land meant for any public utility. We are taking a very firm decision that no such land can be transferred. However, if there is anything that relates to what happened in the past, we are looking at them on a case by case basis. We have revoked title deeds for public utilities in Mombasa and other places that were corruptly or fraudulently transferred to ... view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, not all title deeds, as the Member presumes have sanctity. If a title deed was issued fraudulently, the Titles Act states very clearly that its registration can be questioned. So, I think the hon. Member is wrong on his first premise, that every title deed, no matter how it was obtained, has the stamp of sanctity. However, in places like Nakuru District and the Coast Province where we had problems of double allocations and registration, there has been a need to have a general caveat as we deal with those cases to ensure that ... view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am grateful to the hon. Member and I hope that hon. Bett was listening to what you were saying. First of all, let me make a definitive statement, that letters of allotment are not documents of titles. They are just an invitation to treat. Therefore, no one should treat a letter of offer as a legal document or contract that is binding on the Government of Kenya. I have talked to the hon. Member about the case about the case of Londiani Town Council where land was alienated or allocated fraudulently. It was not land that ... view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, any sub-division that is undertaken without the sanction of the Commissioner of Lands cannot be proper and legitimate. In the past, there has been a lot of malpractices where public utility land which had been vested in the hands of the local authorities was used by some elements in the local authorities to give to individuals who eventually use it for purposes of speculation. However, I want to assure the hon. Member for Embakasi Constituency that if he has any specific cases involving sub-division of land which is described as public utility, then he should come to ... view
• 14 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to second this Motion. It has been competently moved by hon. Mudavadi. I wish to commend him, first, for taking charge of such an important Ministry. We know that the Minister is up to the task. He is used to running large Ministries, having been in charge of the Treasury and the Ministry of Agriculture. So, I think he will be largely up to the task. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first, I want to point out one or two things in regard to the local authorities as a whole. Local authorities are very important ... view
• 7 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to mistake the whole object of this Motion? Nobody is leaving us to go on leave. We are going on recess! The two are very, very different, indeed. I am certainly not going to go on leave! view